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UPDATE 7/1/20: The Sovereign and Monarch have had all valuable equipment removed in Naples and will head to Aliaga, Turkey for scrapping. The Horizon will head to Athens to have equipment stripped, then she will head to Turkey. UPDATE 6/30/20:…
And so it begins… Well technically they started shuffling around the vision-class when they sent the Legend and Splendour of the Seas off to TUI cruises. The next in the vision-class to leave the Royal Caribbean International fleet is the…
The Majesty of the Seas was set to transfer to Pullmantur in 2016. Then Royal decided to keep her in their fleet for the foreseeable future. Now comes word from Seatrade that they will indeed transfer out of the fleet…
A bit of a surprise here. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. are overhauling their Spanish subsidiary Pullmantur. They are going to concentrate on the European market only and pulling their ship out of the Caribbean. The Monarch (ex-Monarch of the Seas)…
via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today announced that Majesty of the Seas will transfer from its Royal Caribbean International cruise brand to its Pullmantur brand in 2016. Majesty of the Seas’ last 3-night sailing for Royal Caribbean International…
At 4 in the morning, whats being called an electrical panel caught fire in the engine room and/or control room. Details are scarce as all original reports are in Spanish and I’m using rough translations of them. The fire knocked…
Pullmantur’s Pullmantur Empress is rocking a new blue and turquoise livery. It will be part of a fleet wide rebranding. What do you think of the colors? I kind of like them. photo via Cruise Industry News
Royal Caribbean just made it official that the 1991 built, 73,941grt ship will be leaving their fleet. She will be joining the Spanish brand Pullmantur, joining her sister, the Sovereign. Transfer date will be April 1, 2013, meaning her last…
Royal Caribbean Cruises, owner of Spain’s Pullmantur Cruises, have announced, cleaverly hidden in a 10-K filing with the SEC, that the 1981-built Ocean Dream will be chartered to Peaceboat. The time charter is for six years, with a four year…
According to Cruise Industry News, Spain Based Pullmantur Cruises’s Atlantic Star has been sold. The buyer at this time is undisclosed, but what is known is the ships new name: Mona Lisa II. The Laid up vessel has had its…
Allow me to explain. Spanish line Pullmantur’s Pacific Dream (ex. Island Star, Horizon) suffered a rather severe engine problem last week. Two cruises have had to be cancelled. Rumors are floating around that even a drydock may need to occur.…